LISA Wilkinson spoke candidly about her own experiences of motherhood on The Project last night, revealing that it took her six months “to feel normal again” after the birth of her first child.

The co-host’s comments came after the panel had spoken about the incidence of PTSD in new mothers who experience difficult births, speaking to Amy Dawes, co-founder of the Australasian Birth Trauma Association.

As the interview finished, Wilkinson opened up about her own experiences as a mother-of-three.

“There’s so much as a woman about giving birth that’s just a completely open book,” she said.

Lisa Wilkinson speaks out on The Project.Source:Channel 10

“I remember sitting in my very first birthing class, [husband] Pete [FitzSimons] and I, and the midwife said, ‘One in four of you will have a caesarean.’ I remember looking around and thinking, ‘Gee, I wonder who’ll have that?’” she recalled — not realising it would be her.

“And guess who had a caesarean, 26-hour labour, emergency caesar, knocked out with a general anaesthetic? It took me six months before I felt normal again,” she said.

Co-host Waleed Aly asked Wilkinson in what way she didn’t feel “normal” after the birth.

“In every single way. There’s so much about it you don’t anticipate, but talking about it and sharing those experiences is so important — it makes all the difference.”

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition usually associated with war veterans but it’s also affecting an alarming number of new mums. #TheProjectTV